1906, Second Duma Rechitsa uezd Voters List, Minsk Guberniya, which appeared in the newspaper Gubernskie Vedomostie in 1906. It consists of 2,910 entries from Rechitsa uezd (district), in what was Minsk guberniya (province)
of the Russian Empire, and is today is southern Belarus.:
Mordukh PEKUROVSKII
(Patronymic: Father?s given name, with the suffix '-ov' or '-ovich', both of which mean 'son of'.): Shliomov

Statistics for Descendants of Mordecai Baker

Many of the ages of the family born in Europe are estimates (wild guesses) so some of the statistics about average ages, etc. may be a bit skewed but they are interesting. Sylva

Number of Individuals: 142
Average Age at Death: 77.1 years
Number with Death Date: 29
Oldest Individual at Death: 97.3 years
Name: Rose Blumin (1901-1999)
Average Age at Marriage: 29.8 years
Number with Marriage Age: 61

Chvonicker Independent Aid Association: On a map of Minsk in volumes of Minsk Yizkor books, Yeshiah Metal, YIVO librarian found Chvonick in the deep southeast corner of Minsk gubernia, spelled with one vov where the landsmanshaft
spelled it with two vovs. In the shtetl finder it is listed as Khoyniki, Khoiniki and Khojniki. The Yiddish spellings of Slavic place names is a wonderful opportunity for playing guessing games. The shtetl Khoyniki, Khoinikskaya
Volost, Rechitsa uyezd, Minsk gubernia; Latitude: 51o54' Longitude: 29o58'; also known as Khoiniki. The Shtetl Khoyniki has several spellings: Choiniki, Choniki, Chojnicki, Khoyniki, Khojniki, Khoiniki, Khvoyniki. 1897-1898
population: Khoiniki, 1668 Jewish, (2685 All population) and is located about 170.5 miles in the deep SE of Minsk. Khoyniki was located in the Uyezd/District of Rechitsa and in the Gubernia/Province of Minsk. Khoyniki - Poles'ye
Oblast-today the town is in the Gomel Oblast/ Province, Belarus. The Khoiniki region was founded on December 18, 1926. The administration center of the region is the town of Khoiniki which was first mentioned in 1512 as a village
of the Bragin county of the Great Principality of Lithuania.

In 1869, Russian was declared to be the official language in all provinces of the Russian Empire. Polish language terminology that was used prior to that date was replaced by Russian. Record-keeping reverted back to the Polish
language after Poland once again became an independent country after World War I.

Polish provinces of the Russian Empire (before 1869)

Wojewodztwo or Departament = province
Powiat = district
Gmina = smaller district including several villages
Wies = village
Kolonia = colony (a small settlement outside the main village)